Day 4 cliff notes for those of you in a rush: Day 4 was a lot like day 3. Carry on.
Oh, you have a few more minutes… Well here you go:
Today I went for a run, went to a bunch of meetings, read a bunch of business documents, ate good Chinese and very good Indian samosas and read some documents, in mostly, but not exactly, that order. The day went fine.
Mother wanted me to explicitly state that I am still in the hotel and have not found my apartment yet. Go ahead and operate under that assumption until I tell you otherwise. You’ll be the first to know when I get in my place.
Speaking of still being in the hotel, I’ve done a fair amount of living in hotels. I lived in a Sheraton in St. Louis for 8 months with Jack Sepple, Kimberly and Ivy. I lived in a Candlewood Suites in DULLes for 2 years that was a total dump. Based on my experience, tipping the housekeeping staff well is the difference between extra chocolates on my pillow and finding my toothbrush in the toilet. With that in mind, I’ve been leaving tips in my room, but housekeeping hasn’t picked them up. First I left them by the sink (my usual spot), then on my bed side table. Max, can you help a sister out with some tips from the hotel industry? What am I supposed to do here?
J-Christ, can you send me a link for the pics you took at my going away gathering? I need some evidence to confirm that I did, in fact, go away. (Thanks to Allison for sending me her snapshots, but I need to corroborate that story.)
On Sunday I’m trying out for a Women’s team here in Melbourne that apparently Andy Samberg named: Team Box. (One: Go get a box). I’m a little concerned, in that practice is on Sundays from 4-6 PM. Uh… Okay. When are the other 12 hours of practice? What I am supposed to do with the rest of my weekend, get some kind of “life”? Not interested. I’ll let you know how tryouts go.
Now for even more foreshadowing: There is a casino here, right downtown. I may see if they have a poker table this weekend. I’m also thinking of checking out the aquarium. Sarah, there’s a ton of art museums here too. I’ll hold off on those until you come here to visit and drag me from exhibit to exhibit explaining how you’ve seen the same installation in Helsinki and Barcelona. ;)
7 comments:
cmfk-
One of the bright sides about you being on the other side of the world is every morning is like Christmas when I check your blog. It also helps distract me from thinking about the sub-zero tundra/corporatewhoredom I have to face in a couple minutes...*sigh*
Say hi to the koalas for me.
-kksw
Dear Courtney,
Glad to read that everything is going smoothly for you. This is my second attempt at a "Blog" experience--the first one was erased since I wasn't a google member. If this goes through then I need to thank you for helping me "grow" with today's technology. However, after reading some of the other comments, I fear that my contribution is considerably "out of touch". Oops! that's what happens when you've been around this long.
Enjoy,
Peggy
kimmie, thanks for checking up on me. i heard lake superioe was about to freeze over. that should make for some nice ice skating. the koalas were a little tricky at first. once i learned to catch them, it got easier. they are great. i like them with a ginger sauce and mango chutney.
mrs. corcoran, thanks for checking in on me. blogger is a little finicky at times, so it's to your credit that you persevered and posted your comment again. perhaps your new found google membership will bring you more features. daniel could probably tell you all about that. give my best to ryan, daniel and all of your family.
Good luck at tryouts Courtney! They'll be lucky to have you. I hope you see some wombats while you are in Australia, they poo square (or cubic to me more exact) poops.
amy, i may have stepped in some of that while I was running. I just thought it was legos. (jk!)
Man, you can still make me laugh even though you're on the other side of the world.
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